RE: Buying and selling20 Dec 2022 16:33
yesterday I bought a small amount at 4.41 which was registered as "unknown", bid was 4.39 and ask 4.50. If your order is big, there has to be enough stock and if nobody's prepared to sell at 4.39 or buy at 4.50 the price remains static. If somebody has placed a sell order at 4.41 and yours is a "buy" at 4.41 then in theory, the deal could happen but in reality it doesn't all imv because there's nothing in it for a MM. If you're prepared to pay a bit more, say 4.42 or the seller decides to come down to 4.40 then there could be enough £s to take stock from one basket and put to the other, where the spread largely depends on your order size. Automatic trades inject liquidity but there were very few of those yesterday. It seems that only a small amount of shares is available right now which is good for a big rise on the news, there's a glimmer of hope that we can be back to 16-20p when CINE exits Ch.11.